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Okay, it's actually 18955 at the time of this post. I'm looking at https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/list and lemmy.world has already passed beehaw.org by a large margin for second place.

Can't wait for this place to start filling out!

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[–] sexy_peach@feddit.de 64 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think it's growing the fastest from all the servers since you don't have to write a line or two for the application!

[–] kadu@lemmy.world 61 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's also worth pointing out it's hosted by the same person who hosts Mastodon.world, which is a stable, trustworthy and large Mastodon instance.

[–] NevermindNoMind@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

These were the two factors for me. I tried beehaw first, but after submitting my application and waiting an hour or so, I still couldn't get in. Whether or not the application is a good idea overall, it's a barrier to entry. With the blackout I finally decided to be a brave boy and try to figure out the fediverse, and after overcoming that major hurdle I'm met with a literal gatekeeper. I haven't bothered to check if I ultimately got in since I have am account here now.

So then I'm right back to the drawing board doing searches figuring out which other servers are stable, have decent policies, aren't run by sketchy folks, etc. It was a lot, but this servers reputation having run a mastodon server is what got me to come here.

I think a lot of people are like me and will get curious about lemmy and want to dive in one afternoon to see what it's about. They don't want to spend an afternoon researching like their setting up a smart home ecosystem. Then to be met with gatekeeping, your going to lose people. Maybe that's fine in the grand scheme of things.

[–] Liempong_pagong@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's the part I enjoyed the most. Writing a short description on the application page at Beehaw. And now that I'm in it. I can say that it's the best instance currently. The people and the community is great. I haven't seen a troll or a complainer in the instance in Beehaw. I have many accounts in other instances and Im assured that Beehaw is where it's at.

[–] Caboose12000@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I think I would miss being able to downvote too much

[–] ChaosAD@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

It is not for me. They block instances I subscribed

[–] sexy_peach@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago

Oh for sure

[–] Synthclair@beehaw.org 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Heh writing the application was part of the fun! :D No, really, I think that at least in Beehive, it is an important step: It ensures a minimum understanding of the environment of the instance and its mission, and as long as the option to join other instances is there, why not?

[–] sexy_peach@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago

I agree, having to spend a minute to write something is good, my server also does it.

[–] TheJawa@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago

And it really doesn't have to be an essay. I got approved with like 8 words.

[–] lenguen@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's pretty exciting! I'm really enjoying this new platform. Not filled with ads and the comments feel a lot more genuine.

[–] MicroWave@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Agreed, and not full of overused jokes over and over again.

[–] vanderbilt@beehaw.org 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Ugh that was my biggest gripe with reddit. Open a thread just to see the same 5 jokes repeated over and over in different ways to try and reap karma.

[–] kat@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I began using reddit in 2017. I never really realized there had been a decline in quality until I recently ended up on some threads from 2017ish. I think some of it had to do with the change from a very desktop-oriented, forum-style page, to a dumbed-down mobile-friendly experience. The emphasis is now heavy on pictures, videos, instant messaging, avatars, online status, shiny award bling, infinite scrolling, etc. Reddit may not have intended it, but I feel like their target age demographic is much lower now. I'm shocked at how many regular users are still in high school or even middle school. I'd guess the kids are the ones repeating the funny jokes en masse. They're just kids being kids, but it gets old sometimes.

[–] ApathyMoose@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's why I left the Always sunny in Philadelphia subreddit. I joined to talk about the show but Every.single.comment. is a joke or line from the show. Almost no one would engage in an actual discussion or conversation.

[–] stankmut@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd click on a post in a Star Wars or LOTR subreddit with hundreds of comments and it was always just bots and people replying to bots with lines that triggered more bots.

That being said, I did like the bobbybot on the got subreddit.

[–] ChaosAD@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Lots of bots accounts there to farm karma.

[–] MajorTom@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There aren't any karma bots yet. No one is making useless comments like "this." The conversations are civil. I'm loving this community!

[–] vanderbilt@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think the federated nature of the platform may help to reinforce those positive attributes. Unmoderated instances with low quality content are at risk of being defederated, and as evident by the mod log, the mods do enforce rules on inflammatory and low quality content.

[–] Ataraxia@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Does lemmy.world have any unfederated instances? I was preferring the freedom of chosing to block communities myself but I started running into some very toxic posts that make me feel like I took a wrong turn and I'm gonna get stabbed in a dark alley lol! I'd rather stick to the friendly, positive and useful posts. I would rather avoid that aspect of Reddit here.

[–] fubo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

See https://lemmy.world/instances. This information is public; there's a link at the bottom of every page (at least on the desktop view).

[–] tolkeylime@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

in just 2 days this place has exploded with content, its easier to stay away from reddit now.

[–] MicroWave@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Right, I want to talk about things other than reddit.

[–] MercuryUprising@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The time has finally come to talk about Rampart!

[–] darius@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I'm more of a Dungeon guy myself, but sometimes Rampart is fine.

[–] passport@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

We did it reddit

[–] JCreazy@midwest.social 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It looks like a lot of new communities are popping up on Lemmy world so people might be joining it to post in one of the new communities.

[–] Xanthrax@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

That's why I'm here. This place seems like it has the most consolidated niche communities

[–] slashzero@hakbox.social 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I mean, sure some are probably people making multiple accounts, but based on the speed of new posts showing up I’d believe there are at least 20k on lemmy.world. It’s the largest and most stable instance at the moment.

Personally I run my own instance and connect to the communities from there.

[–] mykl@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Oh no. I keep trying to move down to the next level of smaller but well-organised sites that are running smoothly, and they all keep growing like crazy. It's like I'm part of the problem or something.

Watch out feddit.uk, I'm coming for you next! You think that uptime is going to stay at 100%? Pfft.

[–] clara@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

come on over, we have greggs, we can eat that to pass the downtime if it happens

[–] mykl@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Haha, there's a tricky calculation to be done there depending on how long they've been out of the oven versus how long the downtime is if you want to avoid being over or under steak-baked.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 year ago

Their server is YUGE!

[–] bloodsangre7@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Joined Monday, started two communities, subbed to what I like, and making an effort to post way more than I did elsewhere. Joined LW because lemmy.ml had issues Monday and I really didn't understand the difference. Using Jerboa on the phone, its all working way more smoothly than I thought it would

[–] twistedtxb@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

It's crazy, in more or less 5 days as well.

[–] mountainmycelium@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

So, I'm still seeing a 'pending' status for mine. I signed up on both beehaw and lemmy.world, and I was really hoping to be able to help grow both, but I can't create a community on beehaw, so I'm just sitting here waiting to be approved(?) on lemmy.world to be able to do that. I think. I'm not sure I've got much of this as figured out as everyone else.

[–] ruud@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago

A registration doesn't need to be approved here, you just need to verify your e-mail. (Check spam..) If there's any issue with that, mail us at info@lemmy.world so we can assist.

[–] MicroWave@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I wonder if lemmy.world mods @ruud@lemmy.world or @sunspider@lemmy.world know anything about "pending" registration.

[–] ndr@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

And we have already the highest number of monthly active users!

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

OVER 19000!

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